Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-15
FASCINATING SPORT.
THs pLRAsURRs OF FIsHiS0 WITH
,aOD. LINZ AND HOOK.


| other htnus o. usU
| Hawthorne in the preface to his " Marble
taun," one of, II not The best Of his works, In
which no 10 exquisitely portrays those rich
| and delightful italian scenes, aud 10
/ graphically describes various Italian objects,
| antique, medieval pictorial and statuesque,
says While reproducing the book on the
broad and dreary sands Of Redcsr, with the
gray German ocean tumbling In upon me,
and the northern blast always bowling In
my ears, the complete change Of scene, made
these Italian "reminiscences shine out no Wv
idly that I could not find II in my hoart to
cancel them" This very " complete change
of scene " tina, inspired the great romancer to
| portray, under a wlntry sky, q soft and
sunny cline, prompts me, on this cold,
stormy day In this snow.bound city to write
the following article, which partakes OF the
| fragrance Of the summer and the beauties OF
| the country
OF all sports and diversions, fishing In, by
many odds, the one that is the most univer.
| sally enjoyo od aud INDUCED in by all classes
| OF people, without respect to age or sex. Gun
ming, yachting, boating, racing, etc, are
sports which are peculiarly adapted only TO
such who are equipped, financially,
physically and otherwise with the
,,ons ,n, s,ch Jivar.,nns Tho uwbininu
school boy, with shining morning face"
may be too young and inexperienced to
| handle a fowling.piece manipulate the oars
:" p, @ vi ~, y" ananar,annsa 20 a,Isct,yaIv
,.ta,y ys ,ha ,oI - ona i,pa and be ia uenerally
,,nra ~ ,I,ad :" the ysr,ons ways and means
OF seducng from their watery homes the
| finny denizens OF the streams than his older
| brother who a. bearded like the pard," In
| hettsr li,ted 10 ,eek the g bubble reputationp
| ~ 9'', Yuso, p,. sho,t5ar,n. LIZ SnnhIa
barreled ch.l5ader, Or putting upon the
| turf his 2:IO trottine horse Even the aged
| sire uin lean and sIinrer'd pantaloon,n
| with spectaclss on nose" whose nerves are
| too shattered and eyesipht too dim to allow
| him 10 pose AZ a sportsman, can neverth eless
| do considerable execution with his ten cent
| rod and line Fishing, like everything else,
| has its pro and con. arguments-its bright
| and dark Sides There are men and boys
| who can derive as much poetry OF life p"
| from fishing In the scorching heat OF July
SUM- a. the entimental maiden finds In loll-
| ing the dreamy summer hours away with
| ,hs 9, Ia,ast noyal ont ), In her siken ban.
| ,no.L nanas,h ,ha sha3y ,nountain traaa /
have heard man and boys returninp from a
| day,s f,sbInu with ernniv bavs and atom acbs
bIistered hands and necks, vet with SMILE
| NJ satIstied nIeasure playinp over their
| byonzad yisaues. declare that GBsbing beats
| evervtbipon Then again have heard men.
| sonr.fsced. gloomy. and cross. who. DESPITE
the fact that tbeIr luok as fshermen had
| haen remark sbiv uor,d. DECLARE that q fishIng
| is dav,Ijsh moor snort al the heat
| The iIttIe truant urchin who knows every
| Inv, and hand ~ onr adjacent streams
| daams his dream Of biiss com plete AZ he ats
| biisterinv his neck i'm the ilO degrees of
snorchinS summer heat watching his
| naintad cork % hohhinv serenely upon the
ppIacld hosom of the ouIet stream. To
f ,,-,-,
s9IIy siiae t dra tne snininS u, snonei ono
Ana tbe bike With mouth a.pucker
| a. 40 ro.,,,o h,s ,oraa., bonas q, a ambi,ion.
o ,ease . LIS M a, ,. Saa npsr 81, aL ond
| saI 10 h,aachas In the sxcitement NJ the
on,,. SUI "' snoS trisaa ontv eve IL a kaenar
| pss ~ - az nro"'dyv ehorna ona az tri
s.,',, nau ptn,,ad 90 tSa scars the so,dia,
unIPlan..y . %, 49, o. oo .,a Sarny, 49,
| ."h,aroS or ,na Ss,d ~ ha,,ia The ha,nboo
pa ,,ma,, ~ ina ana nsinteS corI have fascin.
| a,in,s ubich n"na can resist Few indead
asion' nna W. - nrc,. NO, hou dai,,htfnI :,
| nslo "'o VIM "'" '''' nv" -
| W
,n the e Wnie ssYwara nS swap
| pnrn yS,np neck and wet your hreechea
In the sunny month OF sept.
| Nor ia tho aniovment ~ this sport con.
tneJ 10 the male sex only. There are
| maids and matrons. and plenty of them, too,
who can oet as much real penuine satisfac.
tory plessure from a DAVIS fishing as they
can derive from a f,ye- minutes, survey OF
their pretty sel yes i'm a French. plats mirror
and that's saving a good deal. And | have
| aaaD many a yOunp lady into ecst8CieB of
exoitement az she eleefnlfy q swu ung the sun.
6sb skyward swept"
/ know OF one Young lady in particular
who ia passionstely fond of fishing. In fact,
the sport is 80 indescrlbably pleasing and
fascinating to her that only one possessed OF
an adAmantre heart can restrain the shed-
ding of svmpathetic tears TOR the awful,
awt,l an asrInus NJ tha fnpv trihaa that ara
o"iNi - x A.. 49,. - -,
made the mortal victims OF this phehoneha,
female anglers intense ueVotlOu 10 tne rou
| and line. The fearful wholesale havoc she
has made amongst the harmless denizens OF
| the Va watery depths of the ConestOpa In awful
- oontonIrIata Sha has lod cr,rsada altar
W oisoi.I I 80, ~ n,;n & u T., s,,n,,,a
efusaue against tneni' puiihs Aast sunihoi
she headed no less than dozen expeditions
OF enthusisstic ieuaie ioiioweIs agaihst .nel,
| stronghola ~ the UNy MlI-tne oipraluaI .,
| the SonestosA ihess eAPeuitIohs cH HILeu M
| 1eath anu oesu Into tne lanks oi .ne
| nnny ttloes, anu the es Peui.iohiss Ieturneu
| from the ehsansulneu helus oi siausn.eI
| nusneu WIN victory, uraeRins 'he koIiy